Something I always find annoying

Stealhead · 08-06-14, 09:55 PM

When you are a guest and when offered a meal or dessert you request a small amount of said item and they pile on a huge portion.

That always annoys me. Usually what I do is feed the excess to the closest dog when no one is looking.

This why I allow my guests to serve themselves you avoid any awkwardness.

Most times as well the over pile on type usually have less palatable food in my experience. In Italy once these farmers piled on more food than I really wanted but it also happened to taste good. This is why so many Americans are overweight I think. They sit and eat lots of crap tasting food so they shovel in huge amounts in some vain hope that some how that makes it better. I find it rather disgusting to be honest.

Rant over.

donna52522 · 08-06-14, 10:26 PM

So what's your point? Is this a tease to people around the world that are starving to death?

Stealhead · 08-06-14, 10:49 PM

No I just dont like it when you are a guest and the person serving you when you say specifically I do not want a huge pile on my plate and they do it anyway. I just find that rude and also wasteful.

That is why I prefer to allow a person to serve themselves. Not really sure what starving people has to do with what I am talking about anyway. I have probably done more generous things for starving people than average if you must know about it. For example several times in the Air Force we dropped rations for starving people well it was "cool" to keep these as souvenirs(of course meaning that several hundred meals are now gone) well I would wait until they loaded them up the lighted boxes on the C-17s and take mine and "steal"(in truth return) all the others that had not been taken home and put them back on the plane at the last minute of course that only added in the 2 dozen or so that I could usually find.It was that or let them get thrown in the trash which is where the "souvenirs" usually ended up. That is actually one of the reasons I left the military because it ever so slightly ticked me off. I'd estimate that 20 or 30% of those rations got wasted that way as souvenirs.

donna52522 · 08-06-14, 11:25 PM

Well, then politely say, "No thank you". It's not hard.

Feuer Frei! · 08-07-14, 12:32 AM

I'd suggest not going around to people's places for dinner then

Honor your host.

That's how they do it in their home.

Buddahaid · 08-07-14, 12:52 AM

Humour your host as it's what they want. Just part of the general plan that's in effect.

TarJak · 08-11-14, 04:38 PM

Pure Maternal Tolerance?

Onkel Neal · 08-12-14, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stealhead

When you are a guest and when offered a meal or dessert you request a small amount of said item and they pile on a huge portion.

That always annoys me. Usually what I do is feed the excess to the closest dog when no one is looking.

This why I allow my guests to serve themselves you avoid any awkwardness.

Most times as well the over pile on type usually have less palatable food in my experience. In Italy once these farmers piled on more food than I really wanted but it also happened to taste good. This is why so many Americans are overweight I think. They sit and eat lots of crap tasting food so they shovel in huge amounts in some vain hope that some how that makes it better. I find it rather disgusting to be honest.

Rant over.

Invite me along, I love huge portions! And I find most of it delicious!

Platapus · 08-12-14, 05:19 PM

Generally speaking, it is not a good idea to give a dog human food. There are types of human food that is not good for dogs.

And especially, one should not feed someone else's dog human food without asking.

08-06-14, 09:55 PM	#1
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Something I always find annoying When you are a guest and when offered a meal or dessert you request a small amount of said item and they pile on a huge portion. That always annoys me. Usually what I do is feed the excess to the closest dog when no one is looking. This why I allow my guests to serve themselves you avoid any awkwardness. Most times as well the over pile on type usually have less palatable food in my experience. In Italy once these farmers piled on more food than I really wanted but it also happened to taste good. This is why so many Americans are overweight I think. They sit and eat lots of crap tasting food so they shovel in huge amounts in some vain hope that some how that makes it better. I find it rather disgusting to be honest. Rant over.

08-06-14, 10:26 PM	#2
donna52522 Lady Mariner Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 544 Downloads: 225 Uploads: 0	So what's your point? Is this a tease to people around the world that are starving to death? __________________

08-06-14, 11:25 PM	#4
donna52522 Lady Mariner Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 544 Downloads: 225 Uploads: 0	Well, then politely say, "No thank you". It's not hard. __________________

08-07-14, 12:32 AM	#5
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	I'd suggest not going around to people's places for dinner then Honor your host. That's how they do it in their home. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

08-07-14, 12:52 AM	#6
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,331 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Humour your host as it's what they want. Just part of the general plan that's in effect. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

08-06-14, 10:49 PM	#3
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	No I just dont like it when you are a guest and the person serving you when you say specifically I do not want a huge pile on my plate and they do it anyway. I just find that rude and also wasteful. That is why I prefer to allow a person to serve themselves. Not really sure what starving people has to do with what I am talking about anyway. I have probably done more generous things for starving people than average if you must know about it. For example several times in the Air Force we dropped rations for starving people well it was "cool" to keep these as souvenirs(of course meaning that several hundred meals are now gone) well I would wait until they loaded them up the lighted boxes on the C-17s and take mine and "steal"(in truth return) all the others that had not been taken home and put them back on the plane at the last minute of course that only added in the 2 dozen or so that I could usually find.It was that or let them get thrown in the trash which is where the "souvenirs" usually ended up. That is actually one of the reasons I left the military because it ever so slightly ticked me off. I'd estimate that 20 or 30% of those rations got wasted that way as souvenirs.

08-11-14, 04:38 PM	#7
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Pure Maternal Tolerance?

08-12-14, 05:19 PM	#9
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,384 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Generally speaking, it is not a good idea to give a dog human food. There are types of human food that is not good for dogs. And especially, one should not feed someone else's dog human food without asking. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.